BIRDS 
311 
Desert Lark (Alcemon alaudipes). 
Berbera Plain. 
White wing patches. 
Desert Lark {Psetidalcemon fremanthii). 
Gedais. 
Iris light yellow ; bill long ; colour sandy ; back streaked with dark 
brown. 
Lark (Ammonanes arheleyi). 
Berbera. 
Front and top of head rufous brown ; rump golden buff ; primaries dark 
brown ; throat white ; under parts buff. Length 5 inches. 
Cape Wagtail {Motacilla melanope). 
Guban. 
Head gray ; throat white ; tail and wings brown and white ; breast dull 
white ; iris black. 
Pied Wagtail {Motacilla vidua). 
Shebeyli Kiver. 
Colour above jet black ; patch of white on shoulders ; under parts white ; 
iris brown. Length 8 inches. 
Yellow Wagtail {Motacilla flava). 
Sheik Husein. 
Iris and feet dark brown ; head and upper parts of body olive green ; few 
black spots on throat ; under parts light yellow. Length GJ inches. 
Yellow Wagtail {Motacilla campestris). 
Berbera. 
Back olive green ; quills and wing-coverts brown ; under parts yellow. 
Length 6 inches. 
Wagtail {Motacilla borecdis). 
Berbera. 
Male has a black crown and no eye-streak. 
Wagtail {Motacilla cinereicapilla). 
Berbera. 
Gray crown ; very little eye-streak. 
Yellow-breasted Pipit {T. tenellus). 
Eik. 
Head, back, tail, and wings brown and yellow ; breast and under wings 
bright canary yellow ; iris dark brown. 
Pipit {Anthus campestris). 
Sheik. 
Distinguished from others by two nearly white outer tail-feathers. 
Pipit {Anthus sofdidus). 
Sheik Pass. 
Very distinctly mottled on the back ; iris brown. 
